Thread-guide for thread-boards of twisting or spinning machines.



THREAD GUIDE FOR THREAD S 0? TIN SPINNING MACHINES.

APPLI 10m FILED NOV. 6. v 1 075 1 8% Patented Oct, '7, 1913.

5' .1. l a l COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHIN uuuuuuu c HERBERT G.BEEDE,' OFEPAWT ET, LRHODEZ ISLAND.

THREAD-GUIDE FOR TI-IREAD BOABDS OF TWISTING OR-SPINNING MACI-IINES.

Specification of letters Patent.

.Patented .0:ct..7,*1913.

Application filed November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,775.

T 0 (ZZZ whomz't may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT'G. BEEDE, acitizen of the United States, residing at 'Pa-wt-ucket, in the county ofProvidenceand tate of Rhode Island, have lnvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Thread-Guides for Thread-Boards of Twisting or SpinningMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a thread guide for the thread board of atwisting or spinning machine, and my invention consists in an improvedconstruction of the thread guide, as will be hereinafter described.

It has been customary heretofore to have for the thread guide on thethread board, a glass or porcelain rod, in long lengths, with groovestherein at predetermined distances for the threads, and said rodattach-ed to the front edge of the thread board. In case of a threadcutting through said rod, or the rod becoming broken for any reason, ithas been necessary to substitute a new rod of the same length as the oldrod, which means considerable expense.

In my improved construction of the thread guide for the thread board, Imake the thread guide in sections, preferably one section for eachthread, and 1 preferably connect these sections, and detachably securethem to the front edge of the thread board, by means of short metaltubes, or sections, secured to the front edge of the thread board byscrews, or otherwise. The sections of the thread guide are preferablymade solid, of porcelain or glass, and they extend into the ends of theconnecting sections, as will i e hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawing :-Figure 1 is a plan View, and partial sectionof a thread board, and my improved thread guide attached to the frontedge thereof. Fig. 2 is a front view of the parts shown in Fig. 1,looking in the direction of arrow a, same figure; the parts shown insection at the right in Fig. l, are shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Fig.3 is a section, on line 3, 3, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of arrow6, same figure. Fig. 4 is a section, on line 4, 4, Fig. 2, loo-king inthe direction of arrow Z), same figure.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 is a detached section of a thread boardof ordinary construction, having its front edge recessed, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4, to receive the thread guide. The thread guide of my improved construction consists of asseries of short sections 2,"of"glass,porcelain, or other suitable material, preferably made solid, and wllilla peripheral grooveon recess 52 therein,

preferably at equal distances from each end, which acts as a groove toguide and direct the thread. In connection with the thread guidesections 2, a series of sections 3, preferably of tubular metal, areused; each end of the tubular sections 3 are preferably recessed toreceive the ends of the thread guide sections 2, as shown in sectionalview at the right in F ig. 1. Each section 3 is secured to the frontedge of the thread board, in this instance by a screw 4, passing throughthe tubular section 3, and screwed into the front edge of the threadboard 1, as shown in Figs. 1v and 3. The holding tubular sections 3 actto detachably hold in position and secure to the front edge of thethread board 1, the thread guide sections 2. Any number of thread guidesections 2 and holding sections 3 may be used, according to the lengthof the board.

In case of the cutting through of any one of the thread guide sections 2by the passage of the thread thereover, or the breaking of any one ofthe thread guides 2, it is only necessary to remove said thread guide byremoving one or both of the holding sections 3, at each end of saidthread guide, and then substitute a new thread guide, and replace theholding sections 3.

The advantages of my improvements may be readily appreciated by thoseskilled in the art.

It will be understood that the details of construction of myimprovements may be varied if desired, and the thread guide sections 2may be made of any suitable material, and the thread guide holdingsections 3 may also be made of any suitable material, and of hollowconstruction, or of solid construction with recessed ends, and anopening therethrough for the attaching screw. In place of a singleattaching screw, other attaching means may be employed for securing theholding sections 3 at the front edge of the thread board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with the front edge of a thread board, having arecess 0r groove therein, of a series of thread guides extending alongsaid edge in said recess, said thread guides made separate, and ofcylinguides to the thread board, said means comdrical shape in crosssection, and having a prising tubular sections to receive the endsperipheral groove 01' recess therein, and a of the thread guides, andmeans for securseries of attaching devices for said thread ing saidtubular sections to the thread 5 guides, to receive the ends of saidguides, boa d,

and detachably secure the same to the thread board HERBERT G. BEEDE.

2. The combination With a thread board, Witnesses: v of thread guides,made in sections, and CHARLES W. BROADMAN, 10 means for detachablysecuring said thread FREDERICK M. ARMSTRONG.

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